英文摘要
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This paper addresses the Chinese Muslim scholar Wang Daiyu and his use of such Confucian canons as the "Four Books" and the "Thirteen Classics" in his works. On top of Wang’s cited works is the "Analects" of Confucius, next to which, in percentage order, are the "Book of Documents", the "Mencius", the "Book of Changes", the "Great Learning", the "Book of Rites", the "Doctrine of the Mean", the "Classic of Poetry", the "Chunqiu Zuo zhuan", the "Classic of Filial Piety", and the "Zhou Rites". There are almost twice as many citations from the "Four Books" as from the "Five Classics", and this goes quite well with the Ming emphasis on the "Four Books". Wang’s use of the "Book of Filial Piety" may be influenced by Jiangsu and Zhejiang’s interest in this particular work. Wang not only believed in the Halaal Doctrines as the ultimate Truth, but also thought that Confucianism owed its genesis to the same doctrines. Wang declared that Confucianism deviates from the Halaal Doctrines only because the Qin burned especially the philosophical works that it did not like. Notwithstanding, Wang still employs Confucianism instrumentally to preach Islamism, I do not think it proper to describe Wang as a Muslim Confucian, nor do I deem it correct to argue that Wang intends to use Confucianism to expound Islamism. Citation of Confucian texts in Wang’s works, however, bespeaks the powerful influence of Confucianism on other Chinese religions than itself. It has also inaugurated the dialogue between Confucianism and Islamism. I hope that by analyzing Wang’s use of Confucianism, one can understand more about his works and the other fields in Chinese canon studies as well.
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